Hmmmm... something doesn't look/sound right. Were the drums sample replaced? The reason I ask is that if you played in the studio like you played in the video, your snare/kick/toms would not sound like that. A word of advice: Always play aggressive in Metal, always. You don't really look all of that into it in the video, and I guarantee your drums did not sound anywhere near like they did in the recording. If they are 'too loud' for the guys not wearing earplugs, the guys should be wearing ear plugs anyways.

Thanks for the advice man. This was a live video and we dubbed the studio recording over it. This video was actually taken the first time I played drums after recovering from a serious illness, so that's why I look beat.
I believe most of them use some sort of in ear, but I'll double check on that. Thanks for the tips!

You guys sound a fair bit like lamb of god, that's fucking awesome. Keep it up! p.s: I'm in need of a new crash (preferably sabian) and you're crashes sound pretty nice, think you could give me some suggestions?

i never really got into metal, i'm more of a jazz player, but just from a drumming aspect of this i thought that your drumming was pretty sweet man! Especially the double bass work, you have some nice chops!